Question

【题目】A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city.

Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn’t built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.

Even so, traveling isn’t that difficult. The waterway has always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that connect one river with another and can also guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat. They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights while taking boat trips. They can talk to other people as they go along the river.

Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange experiences. One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there’s nothing special. But when they come back to the bridge an hour later, it’s underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes.

Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is that the temperature has risen over the years. This has made ice of the Arctic Ocean（北冰洋）melt（融化）.

Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. The Italian government has asked some of Italy’s biggest companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be built under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.

Venice lies in the northeast of Italy. You can’t 【1】 cars in this strange city. Although it was built on 【2】 110 islands and seawater is almost everywhere around the city, traveling is 【3】. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that connect one river with another one. People can take a 【4】 from place to place there. 【5】 water makes the city special, it is also a big problem. Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from being covered by water in the future.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】find/ see

【2】over

【3】easy

【4】boat

【5】Though/ Although

【解析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述威尼斯的地理位置、交通方式、气候以及遇到的麻烦。

【1】根据A city without cars would be very strange, right可知，威尼斯是一个看不见汽车的城市。且情态动词后用动词原形，故填find/see.

【2】根据It wasn’t built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city可知，威尼斯没有建在陆地上，而是建在110多个岛屿上，no more than不止=over，故填over。

【3】根据Even so, traveling isn’t that difficult可知，旅游不那么困难，即是简单的，故填easy。

【4】根据People in Venice move from place to place by boat可知，威尼斯人坐船从一个地方到另一个地方。且by boat=take a boat，故填boat。

【5】根据Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem可知，尽管水上城市变得很特别，但它是一个大问题。且空处位于句首，开头字母大写，故填Though/Although。